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The legacy of President Ronald Reagan

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Good afternoon, Welcome to WMNF 's Radioactivity. This week marks the birthday of former President Ronald Reagan, it would have been his 98th. Today we’ll look back at Ronald Reagan’s legacy with Will Bunch who’s written a new book about the 40th president.

But first some listener comments about last Thursday’s program. It was a discussion of the best ways to spend federal money to get the nation out of recession.

Former President Ronald Reagan’s birthday is Friday. He served two term...